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Hi. My name is Sahar and I have Meningioma, which is a type of cancer in the brain.
Just so you know:
Meningioma starts in the meninges -- the protective cover around your brain and spinal cord. Women are twice as likely as men to get meningioma. Most meningiomas don't cause symptoms until they get bigger, when they do they can cause:
Headache
Seizures
Nausea or vomiting
Personality changes
Confusion
Vision problems
Speech problems
Hearing loss or ringing in the ears
Weak muscles
I have had all these symptoms regularly. The type of tumors I have are atypical (meaning they can grow quickly at times), secondary(which mean they are sitting on top of my brain pressing down on it, which are what’s causing the severe neurological issues), *non-malignant* tumors, but they are taking a large toll on my every day life. I can’t work at the moment and my medical bills are too much to handle.
I take mvasi and dexamethasone, prednisone and Levetiracetam (Keppra). The first is a monoclonal antibody used to treat cancer the other two are Corticosteroids meant to help shrink the tumors. I’ve also recently been put on Levetiracetam/Keppra to help control my seizures. I go for brain scans every week. I see a neurologist, an oncologist (and a whole team of other doctors), and we are planning for surgery as soon as the medication shows that it’s shrunk the tumors as much as possible. I am selling off as many of my belongings as I can but I still cannot afford the medical bills by myself and I would not ask for help unless I absolutely had to. This has been going on for several months and I’ve been very quiet about it because it’s been very difficult for me to address for a lot of different reasons (emotionally and mentally). I am unable to physically care for myself, my weight is at an all time low, my teeth are having problems due to the medications, the medications are causing me to have lesions form on my skin, I’ve been struggling with severe depression and mood problems, including two psychotic breaks (medications side effects, again). I set the initial goal at $5,000 even though my bills have far exceeded that but I wasn’t sure where to start or what to set it at (*edited to add I have changed the goal amount since I honestly had no clue how this would go and it’s best to set the goal at what my ideal/dream goal would be— more regarding that in my latest update). Please forgive the crudeness of this go fund me, it’s the first I've made with the encouragement of friends. Anything helps and everything is appreciated. Thank you so much for your time and thank you so much everyone who has listened to my story and anyone who has donated to help me in this time of need. Thank you so much.
Just so you know:
Meningioma starts in the meninges -- the protective cover around your brain and spinal cord. Women are twice as likely as men to get meningioma. Most meningiomas don't cause symptoms until they get bigger, when they do they can cause:
Headache
Seizures
Nausea or vomiting
Personality changes
Confusion
Vision problems
Speech problems
Hearing loss or ringing in the ears
Weak muscles
I have had all these symptoms regularly. The type of tumors I have are atypical (meaning they can grow quickly at times), secondary(which mean they are sitting on top of my brain pressing down on it, which are what’s causing the severe neurological issues), *non-malignant* tumors, but they are taking a large toll on my every day life. I can’t work at the moment and my medical bills are too much to handle.
I take mvasi and dexamethasone, prednisone and Levetiracetam (Keppra). The first is a monoclonal antibody used to treat cancer the other two are Corticosteroids meant to help shrink the tumors. I’ve also recently been put on Levetiracetam/Keppra to help control my seizures. I go for brain scans every week. I see a neurologist, an oncologist (and a whole team of other doctors), and we are planning for surgery as soon as the medication shows that it’s shrunk the tumors as much as possible. I am selling off as many of my belongings as I can but I still cannot afford the medical bills by myself and I would not ask for help unless I absolutely had to. This has been going on for several months and I’ve been very quiet about it because it’s been very difficult for me to address for a lot of different reasons (emotionally and mentally). I am unable to physically care for myself, my weight is at an all time low, my teeth are having problems due to the medications, the medications are causing me to have lesions form on my skin, I’ve been struggling with severe depression and mood problems, including two psychotic breaks (medications side effects, again). I set the initial goal at $5,000 even though my bills have far exceeded that but I wasn’t sure where to start or what to set it at (*edited to add I have changed the goal amount since I honestly had no clue how this would go and it’s best to set the goal at what my ideal/dream goal would be— more regarding that in my latest update). Please forgive the crudeness of this go fund me, it’s the first I've made with the encouragement of friends. Anything helps and everything is appreciated. Thank you so much for your time and thank you so much everyone who has listened to my story and anyone who has donated to help me in this time of need. Thank you so much.
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Sahar Emadi
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Phoenix, AZ
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